As with plate 9, there is no record of the first printing date, but this if felt to have been some time in December, as the first known used copy is dated the 2nd January 1841.

     The plate was used for the red printing and for the provisional printing in black.

     During the red printing, either as a result of being overworked, or for some other reason, the plate was not satisfactory. This is known as on the 27th March 1841, Rowland Hill wrote to his brother, Edwin, complaining of the badly printed impressions from plate 10 saying, "I am of the opinion that unless arrangements can be made to guard against the possibility of stamps so badly printed being issued, it will be unsafe to continue with the present course, and that an entirely new kind of label must be adopted without delay." As a result of this letter, plate 10, along with plates 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9, were withdrawn from use.

     The printing of the penny stamps ceased entirely between the 23rd March and the 23rd April 1841, and so it would appear that none of these plates were used after the first of these dates.

     A listing is also avalible showing all the put to press, registration and withdrawal dates.